My muttrc has this setting which I find very very convenient macro compose <esc>jb "<esc>f\Ca\CkJoe \<joe@xxxxxxxxxx\>\n" macro compose <esc>jj "<esc>f\Ca\CkJoe Bloggs \<joe.blogs@xxxxxxxxxx\>\n" macro compose <esc>jf "<esc>f\Ca\CkJonathon \<joe.blogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx\>\n" What this does is before I send my mail, push [esc] button then jj and I become Joe Bloggs <joe.blogs@xxxxxxxxxx> or [esc] jf and I become Jonathon <joe.blogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Very easy Regards Daryl